Abortion mars civil society

We commend Archbishop Alfred Hughes for boycotting the Xavier graduation ceremony. As an archbishop, his role is to instruct the Catholic faithful in the truths of the Catholic faith and bear witness to those truths.

One of those truths is that abortion is morally wrong. Any Catholic university that invites and honors a public figure who supports abortion causes scandal in the Catholic community.

The letter-writer who condemned Archbishop Hughes for his actions defended Xavier for "trying to develop young minds to embrace the future and make this a more civil society."

Abortion is a scourge in our society and until we outlaw the murder of the most defenseless and innocent human beings, we will never have a civil society.